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The Valenttee Democrat VALENTINE , NEB. L M. RICE , Pabifefcex A FATAL GUN FMR'i TWO DETECTIVES AND A SUS- PECT ARE KILLED. Two Other Officers and One Fugi tive liatlly Wounded Detectives Tried to Arrest Men Suspected of ttelcijj Implicated in Robbery. Tvro St. Louia detectives are dead and Another is not expected to live , while one -train robber suspect is at the morgue and two others are iu the city hospital at St. Louis , one probably fatally wounded and the other badly beaten up , as the result i f : t desperate battle Friday between five officers aud three men whom they tried to -arrest. Hurry Adams , who escaped at the lime of the shooting , was apprehend ed later by Detective Lee Killian , who liml twice in making the arrest. The dead are John J , Shea , detective ; Thomas Dwyer , detective , uid Al Rose , sn.ipccU The wounded are James McCIusky , de- tecfive , shot through the stomach ; crit ical : C , C. Blair , fugitive , shot four times through the body ; Harry H. Vaughn , fu- gifivc , badly beaten about the head by defectives when lie songht to aid his friends in the battle. The fight occurred in the front room of a house on Pine Street , and tho men ivhom the detectives sought to arrest are suspected of being implicated in a train robbery at Ccntrulhi , I1L , a few weeks -ago. The house had been under police surveillance for several days , but Friday was the first time that any of tho sus- pcclfi were seen to enter or leave , A few minutes before tho fight occur red Vaughn left the house and started to walk down Pine Street. The detect ives closed iu on him , and after ho had gone some distance from the house he was arrested. Accompanied by their prisoner the detectives returned and en tered the house. Shea , McCIusky and Dwycr were leading and Boyle and James were behind with the prisoner. Hardly had the detectives entered the room in which Rose and Blair wero seat ed when they were met with a volley of shots from a heavy caliber revolver. Shea sank to the floor on the first shot , and Dwyer followed almost instantly , By that time the detectives had drawn their revolvers and there was a deafeu- xiing explosion of shots for several sec onds , each man pulling the trigger of his weapon as rapidly as possible. During the excitement Vaughn at tempted to escape from his captors and assist Rose and Blair. Boyle and James , iiowcver , clubbed their revolvers and bent their prisoner over the head until he was unconscious and then they went to the aid of Shea. Dwyer and McCIusky , the latter having in the meantime sank to the floor with a critical wound in the stomach. One of the xmwounded detectives sum moned an ambulance and the wounded officers and suspects were taken to the city hospital. WOMAN IS SLAIN. Illinois Scandal Results in a Sensa tional Tragedy. Mrs. Nellie Thomason , wife of a former prominent real estate dealer of Peoria. 111. , died at Lacou Thursday night as the result of injuries received in a sensational encounter with Richard and Jennie Hig- gius , children of John G. Higgins , a member of the board of supervisors of Peoria County and prominent in politics. The Higgins cnndren intercepted a let ter written to Higgins , Sr. , who is in St. Louis , by Mrs. Thomason , in which she asked him to meet her at the Rock Island depot in Peoria. When Mrs. Thomason arrived she was confronted by young Higgins , his sister and uncle. What took place is a mystery. Sonu time later the ticket agent assisted the woman to the train and found the floor of the waiting room covered with blood. The woman lingered in great agony at her home in Lacon until she died. Hig gins was arrested on the charge of mur- der. 1 PRISON FOR LIFE. The Penalty Steve Whittoonr Must Pay for Crime. Steve Whittecar has been foui , l guilty at Dakota City , Neb. , of outraging his lo-ycar-old daughter , Georgia Whittecar. on May 21 , the jury returning a verdict at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Whittecar did not manifest the least concern. The minimum sentence for such a crime is penitentiary for life. The sentence will be pronounced within a day or two. The jury received its instructions from 11 11I the judge at 4:30 o'clock Thursday night , I and retired at once to the jury room. A T heated discussion was carried on by the V jury almost up to the time it arrived at tl tlS a verdict. The verdict was reached at S ; f ) o'clock Friday morning , but owing to tl the absence of the judge was not given until .court opened at 10 o'clock. ' Sioux Uity Mock Murk . L Friday's quotations on the Sioux City c < stock market follow : Butcher steers. n : ? 5.25. Top hogs , $ r .20. E ( Three Trainmen Killed. Two freight trains on the Pennsyl vania division of the New York Central EC Jvailroad collided at Geneva. N. Y. . Fri in day. Three trainmen , C. D. Rogers , in inm Charles Ilickey and Engineer Rouse , m were killed. of Overdue Steamer Safe. The New York agent of tho steamei Buenos Ayres received a telegram Fri br day announcing the arrival of the vessel on at Havana. She was two days overdue B\ some anxiety was felt for her. Bm ; JAPANESE HONOR HIM. Bit Robert linn Decorated by th Emperor Pelnn advices state that in the rcco ? nition of the services rendered b Sir Robert Hart , inspector get oral of Chinese imperial customs , an < by his staff in connection with the con : mercial treaty between China and Japar which was signed Oct. 8 last , Sir Rober Hart Thursday received from the empei or of Japan the order of the Rising Sui of the first class. The trade marks registration act whicl will come into operation on Oct. 23 , i regarded as unsatisfactory by the com mercial communities of Shanghai am Tientsin. There is no objection to th principle of the act , for objection in thi connection has never really arisen , but i is considered that the act in its prosen shape if not practicable. In tho firs place the scale of fees is looked upon a : being elaborate , and the fees themselvs : too heavy. In the second place it is con sidered that it will be impossible for tin Chinese government to carry out th < scheme , owing to the absence of an ade quate and properly trained bureau. If the act goes into operation on tin 23d inst. , as contemplated , it is expectei that it will "givo rise to much confusioi and dissatisfaction. The governments 01 Great Britain and the United States ap proved the draft of the measure , whicl will be largely of Japanese constructor without , it is alleged , adequately consult ing tho mercantile communities whicl : would be affected by it. With the view of preventing the en forcement of an immature and defective scheme the German minister , though cor dially welcoming the general principle. of the act endeavored to obtain a post ponement of its operation , so that oppor tunity might be given for its reconstruc tion. Up to this date the saction foi such postponement has note been ob tained , but the correspondent of ths ; Associated Press learned Thursday that the British minister has been instructed to endeavor to have the operation of the act deferred. There is a possibility , therefore , that the act will be reconstructed. It is con sidered on all sides that it would be much better to recast the act on Hues which would be acceptable generally than to precipitately enforce an unsatis factory measure , especially as there is no pressing urgency for such enforcement. HIGH HEELS COSTS LIFE. Woman Trips and Falls Five Stories to Death. Tripping on a stair lauding by tho French heel of her slipper , Mrs. Emma La Lassa fell over a fifth story balus- : rade in East Fifty-fourth Street , New ork , and was instantly killed. Mrs. La , Lassa and Mrs. Gauvey were walking in : he hall , and when the former fell she carried her companion with her. Mrs. Sauvey suffered a fractured skull , shoul- ler and other injuries , and it is believed ; he will die. The husband of the dead woman was irrested , but the police say they believe ie is no way to blame for the accident. GRIEF ENDS IN SUICIDE. 3xile From Germany Who Had T ost Son is Inconsolable. Inconsolable over the loss of his favor- te son , and an exile from the fatherland tecause he had shot and waunded a Ger- lau army officer who he believed intcn- ionally caused his son's death , Adam higelhart , a veteran of the Franco- 'russian war. Thursday shot himself ead in a tenement house in New York , rhere he lived. He left a large family and a prosperous u&incss in Germany when he fled to this auntry. ABANDONS DYING BOY. ind Who Accidentally Wounds Companion Becomes Terrified. A special to the Detroit Free Press om Loomis , Michigan , says : A IG-year- d newsboy has been arrested in conuec- on with the death of Arthur Burwash , jed 8 years. One of his two compan- ns had shot him accidentally , it is al- ged. and , becoming terrified , had car ed the wounded boy to a swamp , and , 'ter covering him with leaves , abandon- l him to his fate. The boy who is alleg- l to have done the shooting denied all lowledge of the missing lad's where- > outs until the party reached the spot here the groans of the dying lad could heard. Saves Sweetheart , but is Killed. James Curley , aged 21 years , a aughtsman at the East Pittsburg , Pa. , > rks of the Westinghousc Electric Com- ny , lost his life in saving his sweet- art. Miss Waiters , from an approach- : Baltimore and Ohio switch engine , 'ter seizing and throwing her bodily ar of the track , Curley lost his bal- ce and the engine cut him to pieces. Verdict in School Horror. Coroner Weaver rendered his verdict the disaster Sept. 23 at the Pleasant [ Ige school building near Cincinnati , by lich nine children lost their lives. The -diet censures the school authorities for ir negligence in failing to make neces- y repairs to the outbuilding in which children were suffocated. Virginia Lake is Safe. L St. Johns N. F. , special says : The brador mail steamer Virginia Lake , teeming which there has been much : icty. is safe. She was detained b } * a ere hurricane. To Get Kill of Negro Laborers. raco , Tex. , advices state that reprc- tativc Mississippi planter are employ- whole families of Mexicans for work that state. There is a general move- it in Mississippi , it is said to get rid he negro laborers as far as possible. Swings Clnbs 43 Hours , om Burrows , the English athlete , ke his own world's record for continu- club swinging of forty-two hours by o : aging them forty-three hours and six tit es. f GREAT BATTLE ENDS. Ten Day * ' Straggle Wears Used Out A Practical Russian Defeat. There has been and end , for the tiriu being , of the fighting on a large scah which began on October 9 , when Gen Kuropatkin announced to his army thai the time had arrived for an advance against the Japanese. Heavy rains ant consequent bad roads have made military operations on either side extremely difli cult , if not impossisble. The interrup tion , according to advices received at St , Petersburg , is being utilized by both the Russian and Japanese commanders in making new dispositions of forces and ne\v objective points are likely to develop when active operations arc resumed. A Tokio dispatch states that the Jap anese government well seek to make rep resentations to St. Petersburg through tho American embassy against the alleged use of Chinese uniforms by Russian troops , in violation of the usages of war. Russia is hastening the organization of the Second Manchurian army. Veiled hints continue to arrive that the Russians have recovered from the blow inflicted last week by Field Marshal Oyama and that Gen. Kuropatkin is pre paring to renew the struggle as soon as the roads become dry. Two Associated Press dispatches from Mukden Wednes day night mention reports that the Jap anese already are preparing to retire , and the war oflice admits that ivuropatkin's left has again moved slightly forward , but there is no light upon the movement of the Japanese. There is , indeed , an utter lack of late news from Tokio , and an enemy so resourceful may really bo preparing a surprise movement instead of a retreat , relieving the pressure on the front with a view to accomplishing something on the flank. BANDITS FIGHT SOLDIERS. Three Killed and Fifteen Wounded in Battle in Mexico. A Mexico City dispatch says : Three killed and fifteen more or less seriously wounded is the result of a tragedy and subsequent encounter with soldiery by three desperate brigands in this federal district. The dead are Lauriauo Frias , Santa Julia ; Nestor Flores , bandit ; sol dier name unknown. The wounded in clude two bandits and eleven soldiers. Crazed by drink , the three desperadoes. Flores , Rodrigo Saledo and Pedro Her- rera , went to the residence of Vicento Godinez at Santa Julia , a suburb of that city , and called for Godinez. When he issued from the house , accompanied by Lauriano Frias , a servant , the bandits opened fire upon them. Frias was in stantly killed and Godinez badly wound ed. ed.NO NO BAIL FOR NAN PATTERSON Accused Murderess Will b Tried Next Month. Mrs. Nan Patterson , the young woman who has been .11 the Tombs prison at New York for several months , charged with the murder of Caesar Young , a bookmaker and turf man , will not be re leased on bail. District Attorney Jerome , however , has promised to call the case for trial during .November. J. B. Paterson , the prisoner's father , L-alled on the district attorney and told .vlr. Jerome that after trying two mouths lie was convinced that he would not be ible to furnish the $20,000 bail for his laughter's release. He pleaded that the _ * ase be brought to trial at the earliest possible moment. "I'll try the case for , "ou in the coining month , * ' the district ittorney told him. FIRE IN BABIES' HOME. C\vo .Little Ones Perish in Illinois Institution. The Middleswork children's home was lestroycd by fire at Shelbyville , Ind. , iVednesday. Although the flames were iiscovered while the children were asleep , 11 but two were rescued. The dead arc Alfred Peterson and Charles Peterson. There were thirty-one children sleeping i the upper rooms of the home , which ras a three-story frame and brick build- g. g.It It is believed the two children burned ere overcome by smoke in their beds , s they had evidently made no effort to scape. Burns is Found Guilty. At Waterloo , la. , Charles Burns was ) und guilty of murder in the second de- ree by the jury at 6 o'clock Friday lorning. The jury had deliberated since :30 : o'clock Thursday night. Burns shot is father-in-law , Bartlett Stone , on the orning of Feb. 29. His plea was self- ? fense. Taft to go to Panama. A Washington special says : The presi- > nt has instructed Secretary of War aft to proceed at an early date to Fau na to confer with the president of that public with the view of settling the dif- renccs that have arisen between the "o countries. Senator Vest's Will. The will of the late Senator George G. 2st , which was probated at Marshall , o. , bequeaths all of his estate , valued $150,000 , to his relatives. No Fears for Slavonia. : it the London offices of the Cunard eamsnip Company , the rumor publish- in America that the steamer Slavonia d sunk iu a storm off the Spanish coast entirely discredited. The Slavonia ssed Gibraltar Oct. 11 and is due at w York the 22d. Big Coal Order for Itussia. U Cardiff , Wales , it is stated on good thority that upwards of 500,000 tons Welsh coal will be shipped for Rus- n accounts to points on the Mediter- lean and Red Seas and Atlantic ocean ring October , November and Decem- Snowstorm in Kansas. Snow and hail fell Wednesday in west- Kansas , driven by a strong north id. The tempera lure-fell to 41 degrees > ve zero. STATE. OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON- DENSED FORM. Investigation Getting Warm Some Personalities Mark the Hearing at the Winncbago Agency Gen eral Denials by Homer Merchants General denials arc being entered by the Homer merchants to charges prefer red before the special inspector at the Wiunebago agency by Father Schell re- .gardiug frauds on the Indians. Thesi1 denials were spiced by personal attacks- on the priest. These presonalities In spector Wright protested against and re fused to permit them to be incorporated in the evidence. Inspector Wright cau tioned the witnesses and Father Schcll to avoid personalites. This was the first time that the priest has shown down right anger during the inquiry. C. J. O'Connormerchant and banker of Homer , introduced account books tes tifying that the Indians were dealt with on the same basis as whites and that their accounts were accurately kept. lie denied that notes once paid were ever paid a second time or presented for pay ment. He said that where it was taking a big risk to trust any particular Indian the charges were made a little higher th n the others. The inspector said that this was done everywhere. The statement sent to a Sioux City newspaper that the old Indians sit around under the trees bemoaning the is suance of the new order because they can draw only $10 a month is amusing. When it comes to telling what those old bucks are jabbering about here and there the reporter shows more than Anna Eva Fay powers , but the statement that it would take an Indian with $3,000 due him twenty-five years to collect it is ridiculous. The new order plainly states that the Indians may not draw amounts ' 'exceeding $10 per month or in sums exceeding $10 unless approved by the agent. " If the agent is advised what the money is wanted for and knows it to be for rightful purposes he can give au thority for the Indian to draw his check for the entire $3,000 or all he had in the United States depository. Tne investigation will soon get down to actual instances and the inspector will then have something to work on of a definite nature. The investigation when it gets through with the matter of liquor sales , usurious notes and the snapping up and forgery of pay checks , will deal with men in other towns regarding the leasing of Indian lands , and it is hinted that some officials of the state and government may have to face some charges. NEBRASKAN MISSING. Paul Kennicott , Wood Lake. Fenred to Have Been Murdered. Paul Kennicott , 28 years old. a ranch man from Wood Lake , has been missing in Chicago since Oct. 10 , and relatives reported the case to the police of the stock yards station and requested that a search be made for the young man. Kenuicott is believed to have had a large sum of money when he disappeared , j the proceeds of the sale of several car- | loads of cattle at the stock yards , and the theory is advanced by relatives and waymen , who in their eagerness to get wayiuen , who in their eargeruess to get the money may have committed murder. BLEW HIS HEAD OFF. Strange Suicide of Joachim Moeller Near Uticn. At an early hour Thursday morning Joachim Moeller , living with his son , ibout six miles north of Utica , and about )0 years old , came out of his room and ; uquired of his sou , who was building a ire , where the ramrod to his shotgun was. .t was found and given to him. He re- urned to his room and a few minutes ' ater on an explosion was heard. An in- I 'estigation proved that he had blown off j he whole side of his face and head. j No cause is given for the act. He j I'aves a family and five grown children. ACCUSECTOUTRAGER HELD , j > smond Man Alleged to Have As saulted 14-Year-Old Girl. Mrs. Adelaide Blackwell , who resides ear Osmond , swore out a complaint be- rare a justice of the peace , charging one 'aul Klawitter with committing rape on I lie person of her 14-year-old daughter , j At the preliminary examination the de- , ? udant was bound over to the district ! ourt in the sum of $1,000 , in default of j 'hich he was taken to the county jail , j i lawitter is a widower 30 years of age. i Nebraska Launched. , At Seattle , Wash. , in the presence of ' ( multitude of onlookers , christened by [ iss Mary M. Mickey , daughter of the avernor of the state for which she was timed , Uncle Sam's latest and largest attleship , the Nebraska , was launched : 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Gov. [ ickey , and party participated in the sremonie.s. The occasion was made a ilf holiday throughout the city. Dance Ends in Fight. A dance at the opera house at Albion I o iturday night and lasting until the wee J v tiall hours was broken up on Sunday t orning by a bloody fight between Paul t : :5rt : and Merl Grover , brought on by me trivial matter and a good quantity L bad whisky to back it up. Seirt is re- I irted to be suffering with a badly : l uised head. The Dennison Case. . The habeas corpus case wherein Tom innison , the Omaha policy king , seeks escape 'extradition to Iowa , where he wantid for alleged complicity in the orcliffe diamond robbery , was argued length Wednesday before the Nebras- Itu supreme court. Briefs will be filed Ithi fore a decision is rendered. hi Girl Injured in Accident. Miss Martha Shears , living a few les southwest of McCook , was thrown mi a horse , severely fracturing her leg c , weon the hip and knee. , She was til iggiug herself home in the darkness , en found by .1 member of the family. Runaway Girl Caught. liss May Estabrook , the runaway Te- nseh lass , was taken home from Peru her father. Young Hoadley , her br tner in the escapade , has left foi on ls unknown. If found he will answer by the eharce of kidnapping. to MAKES AN ABSOLUTE DENIAL SteTO Whittecar Testifies in Hif Own B'half. The second day of the Whittecar trial at Dakota City commenced Wednesday morning by District Judge Graves notify ing the bailiffs to clear the court room of all minors not subpoenaed in the case , The cross-examination of the complain ant , Georgia Whittecar , was conducted by Attorney Sullivan , who failed tc have her contradict herself on her pre vious testimony. The girl swore that hrr grandfather. .Tosiah S. Whittecar , had attempted to assault her several years ago while she was living with him in Iowa , and denied she had accused her uncle. John Watson , of attempting to as sault her while she lived with them prior t oher going to the home of her pa rents at South Sioux City. ' "The state rested its case at 3 o'clock and the defense put the defendant , Steve Whittecar , upon the stand. Whittecar de nied the allegations of the daughter and claimed he was not out of bed during hh wife's absence. FATAL FIRE AT HARTINGTON One Child D ad and Two Others Are F.-itaMy Burned. About 1 o'clock Tuesday F. W. Barn- haidt's residence at Hartington Avas burned and his youngest daughter. Doris , - years old , was burned to death. An oliler daughter. Hazel. was also fa tally burntd and Miss Bertha Felber , who was assisting in the household du ties , was burned beyond recognition and lived but a few hours. Hazel died later. It is thought that the kerosene can caught fire and exploded as Miss Felber was attempting to start the fire in the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart were at the postoflice when the alarm was giv en and they rushed to the house , several blocks distant , in time to remove both of the burning children. Miss Felber is a young woman highly esteemed in this community , having recently been a teach er in the count } ' . Her parents reside eight miles south of Hartington. The damage to the residence and fur nishings will exceed $1.000. YORK BOY IS KIDNAPPED. Father Supposed to be Back of the Aff : ir. The second sensation of the week was the kidnapping of little John MacKee , son of Mrs. Spaulding. -prietress of the North York Hotel , at York , who was divorced from Mr. MacKee and is said to have been given the custody of their 7-year-old son. Johnnie was on his vay to seJiool and his playmates noticed a learn stop and a man get out and forci bly carry Johnnie to the buggy , when he whipped up the horses and drove riOUtll. Immediately the officers were notified : ind descriptions were sent out and in the evening Sheriff Brott received word > f the capture of the two kidnapers hav ing the boy in their possession. War- rants have been sworn out for their ar- -est. The father lives near Hebron and : he tjWo men are supposed to have been 'inploypd by him. NEBRASKA TOV/N EXCITED. [ Tnknown Man Attacks Young So ciety Woman of York. There is great excitement at York , as he result of an attack on Thilla Sedge- lick , daughter of Postmaster Sedgewick. Mfss Sedgewick left her home about S ' 'clock in the evening on an errand to a leighbor's. three or four blocks away , .s she was passing an alley a man sud- lenly sprang out and threw a haudker- hief over her face , which she succeeded ii tearing off. Her assailant made a sec- nd attempt and then struck her over the ead. Several hours later the young wo- lan was found lying unconscious in the lie edge of a yard near where the attack . "as made. She is prominent in society , nd is critically ill as a result of the as- A SIX-FOOT BALLOT. 'nivieldy Form to he Used in Dong- las County. A Lincoln dispatch says : The ballot i Douglas County must conform exactly > the directions of the statute. So de- ares the attorney general of Nebraska , must be a single column six inches ide and must be the size prescribed by ie last legislature. This will make it x feet long. The county attorney of Douglas Conn- had asked for advice , protesting rains-1 the um\iedly ! form of the ballot. PRIZES WON BY NEBRASKA. ntelope Stale Gains Many Medals at St. Louis World's Fair. I ' Nebraska has so far been awarded lie grand prizes , fifty-five gold medals , - nety-five silver medals and 110 bronze : L'dals by the juries that determined tho ' L'rit of the exhibits made in the agri- , Itural. educational and mining depart- . 'iits at the Louisiana Purchase exposi- in. Awards in the live stock and horti- , Itural departments are yet to be an-j imccd. the exposition authorities not ing ready to give them out. Kun Down by Train. "ritz Birkner , an old tailor of Red c > ud. was struck by the eastbound pas- 1 iger and instantly killed Sunday after- r an. He was walking along the track l ? -half mile from town. The engineer listled and expected him to leave the ° ck until it was impossible to stop the a in. Done by Wind at Osmond C hiring the high wind of Wednesday t ! ernoon. the brick walls of the Tupper S ck at Osmond , were blown to the 0 mild , entailing a los ? of about $1,500. t ! . Tupper will rebuild and repair the a nages. o Light 'Frost , at Fremont. here was a light fror-t Wednesday lit at Fu'niont. the first of the season , will benefit corn. The bottom lands sovet as to seriously interfere with kiiig and plowing. Arrested I'.ir Cruelty toYifJ unstable stani Aaron arrested George b < I : , a farmer living near Green wood , sa rginir him with cruelty. It seems t for several mouths Mick has been w iking too much UI liquor and when tin- the influence of it ill-treated his r Hoy is Incorrigible. , oren Folden. a ] . " 5-year-old boy , was ' of ight before Judge Bourne at Beatric * hi tie charge of incorrigibility. preferred H his parentsHe was ordered sent th he reform school. j Examiner Wiggins , who has been in vestigating the books in the otHce of the * adjutant general for several months past , has formally filed the report of his find ings with Gov. Mickey. The report cov ers a period extending from April IT. ISO , " ) , to Feb. 20 , l'JO. { , during the terms of office of Adjutant Generals Killiaiu Barry and Colby. The report shows that Gen. Killian was short in his account.- $54.11 , which he has paid. Gen. Barry's accounts showed a discrepancy of $7f > . but this account has not been closed : i yet. The difference was found between the amount of money received from the jrovernmeiit and the amount checked out to the soldiers. Gen. Barry was shown the report ami stated that at this time he could not explain the difference , but would look into the matter. Gen. < 'ul- by's accounts were found shy10S.7i > . not counting what he had already paid to the go-.ernwr. He has informed Mr Wiggins thxt he would make good tin amount at once. * * * Ex-Gov. Furnas came Thursday to at tend a meeting 01 the state fair board and expressed himself as being well pleased with the last state fair. "In my opinion , " he said , "the fair was the best that we have ever held , and I nit certainly gratified at the attendance anc the receipts. j.he state fair now is on r business basis , and will be conducted that way. We should pay cash for oui advertising , make regular contracts , anc do everything on a business basis. It years gone by it was right to give passes to help advertise the fair , and to thos who had done work for it , but we are ii a position now to conduct the fair as f business just like any other business and that is the way it should be conduct "d. " * * The state board of purchase and sup plies has again gone on record and spl'r up over a contract. The lineup wn Treasurer Mortensen and Land Commis sioner Follmer on the one side , and Go Mickey , Attorney General Front am Secretary of State Marsh 011 the other The contract was for supplies for th commissary department at the state pen itentiary , and was let the first of thi mouth to Raymond Bros. & Clark. Short ly after it was let , however , it waa di ? covered that by a mistake 011 the part rr. the steward at the penitentiary , tho fuj estimate had not been furnished Har ? reaves Brothers , and also that their bi < was $32.40 less than the succeeaful bid ier , even with the full estimate not bk 3D. * * * At a meeting of the state fair board icld at the Lindel Hotl Friday nigh ! Secretary Furnas reported that jrosg r- : eipts for the fair were $48,143.50 ; ex penditures for premiums paid , $14,043.36- niscellaneous expenditures , ? 17,073.'i5 , caving a net balance of $17,026.7 . iVhile nothing definite was doue on the > roposition to locate the office of the sec- etary permanently 011 the state fair ; rouuds , it wag discussed favorably. It ras the judgment of the members also o employ for the live stock members N - iraska men wherever possible. * * * The Farmers' Co-operative Grain An ociation of Davy has secured an alterat ive writ of mandamus to compel the forthwesteru Railroad company to grant L a site on its right of way for the loea- ion of an elevator to be erected at Davy. ? he writ is made returnable NOT. 15. The fficers of the grain company make affi- avit that they have repeatedly request- il a location for their contemplated le- ator , but the requests have been denied n all occasions. The suit will test the austitutionality of the Ramsey elevator iw. * * * The copy for the sample ballot lis ecu prepr ed by the secretary of state nd is ready for the printer. The cleino- ratic electoral ticket will come second 3 the ballot , which fact is liable to ere- : e a storm of protest from the populist ? , he fusion state nominees are bracketed J in former years. Following the elec- iral tickets comes the preference for nited States senator. The name of EI- er J. Burkett is the only one which ap- : ars on the ticket. * * * At Friday's session of the Xcbrasfcr. ' . C. T. U. , Grand Island was sdect.-ti ; the place for the next meeting. These ere selected delegates to the national invention to be held iu Philadelphia ; rs. Sue D. Chase , of Haigler ; Mrs. J. , Cams , of University Place ; Mrs. Hel- Horiiby , of Valentine ; Mrs. E. M. > rrell , of Omaha ; Mrs. L. S. Corev. of " ncoln. Mrs. Russell , of Lincoln icted as delegate at large. * * * NTo longer will members of the Corumer- il club at Lincoln and their visitors be le to quench their thirst at the big bot- s of the club rooms. At a meeting the stockholders Friday night it was ted to do away with the sideboard ar- ageineiits and prohibit the sale of liq- r in the rooms. There were thirty- ree members present , and the vote was tie , Chairman Miller voting for the olishiug resolution. t\eh carried it. * * * Che report of Chief Oil Inspector urch for September shows that during it month he collected $1,771.30 , spent 50.29 , and paid into the treasury $891- For August Mr. Church paid into ; treasury S915.75 , which is considered nighty good showing , making the oil ce one of the state's good investments. 'he state board of education held a eting at Kearney Monday and on csday attended the laying of the cor- stone of the new state normal school that place. * * * 'he H. P. Lau Grocery Company has un the erection of the largest whole- ! house in Lincoln. It will cost $45- and will be three stories high , 85 feet e and 142 feet long. The new struct- will be erected at the corner of Eighth Q Streets and will face on the latter rank Fitle , a bookkeeper in the office the land commissioner , resigned and * place was filled by John Lyons , of nilton County , already employed iu office.